Dante's Second Chance

le has

ke a break for it e

her anyway or at least some

m," she whisper

ould never understand

ve her when Annabelle to

and they would never esc

or her mother, but she cou

eard the heavy footsteps nearing the door

d her mother she neede

rl now and deser

her mother ag

ightmares

ing as terror wan

like this came to her mind

ing feet g

was doing it

bast

tried to be sneaky ab

that no one would be

new he would torment her with the fear

ed that the fear turned him

mbling body just as muc

hed as he kicke

her before she c

o stop her trembling bo

't afford

s planning this. Sh

ly shut eyes as the stench of alcohol reached

leep, brat? I thought we were long pas

razed her cheek so roughly that it l

e bent down and slurped at her face w

ed visibly and th

etal frames of her worn be

ike a gong in h

xpected it. Yet when it came, the

ave made a difference, but he seemed bent on keeping up appearances

abelle merely groaned through gr

the bottle in his han

g as it pierced her back

to strip," she prayed

ne it before, but because

eaded to whatever powers were

of his belt unbuck

air. The sharp crack as it landed on he

ing to ki

dawned on her li

beating. He always gets to bus

threaten to go to Cathy's room. Then he started u

er again, Annabelle knew s

as dif

o do what she had pl

ld kill her before

r be able to save C

n mother was any good,"

almost made her not notice th

the bed i

et here. Yet you always make me say it. That was

ing the pieces of the bottle

ooze out of her arms as h

ed her upwards as she automatically brou

Annabelle stabbed him in the ch